The Kite Flyer

The Kite Flyer

What a day!  It was the perfect kite flying day and Ben and I took a dollar store kite down to the frog pond to catch the wind.  Wow! Did it sail and soar! Dipped, dived and crashed.  We were laughing with each other.  And complimenting each other on our mad skills!  Honestly, these are the moments.  I hope that I will always remember this day.  The way Ben ran and laughed and tried to catch the graceful red tail flying through the air - and the blue and white backdrop of a sky so perfect.  Ahhh.  Summertime.

This reminded me of my Roots and Wings blog - how we want our kids to soar and sail in life.  Be the best they can be.  And I found this gem of a quote by Erma Bombeck:



I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless...they crash... you add a longer tail... they hit the rooftop... you pluck them out of the spout... you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly.

Finally, they are airborne, but they need more string and you keep letting it out and with each twist of the ball of twine, there is a sadness that goes with the joy because the kite becomes more distant and somehow you know that it won't be long before that beautiful creature will snap the lifeline that bound you together and soar as it was meant to soar... free and alone.

Only then do you know that you did your job.
-----Erma Bombeck (February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996) 

Keep smiling!